The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-08-13

long SINCE ana the appended - an ac-
count Of his trip:
Crystal Falls, visited during the past
week by a representative Of The Re
porter il nicely situated on the eastern
slope oi n hill, its one business street rum
ming up and down the elevation. At the
top oi the hill stands the Lockwood
house, where mining and lnmbermen do
most congregate. From here south runs
the fashionable residence street, with a
number OF pleasant homes. North Of
the town runs the Paint River along the
slopes OF whose valley are situated most
OF the shipping mines A lew steps away
are the beautiful Crystal falls OF the
Paint river, from which the village was
named. Ii is difficult To tell which pre-
dominates here, the lumber interests or
the iron interests. A struggle ~ going
ON for the mastery, with probably the
lumbcrmen slightly ahead, but lumber is
not lasting or long-lived. Its day is short
and glorious and profitable, while iron
is slowly developed, long-lived and per-
manent. Mining interests will flourish
here long after the lumber has become
extinct and forgotten. A vast amount
OF logs are cut and run down stream To
Menominee, where they are cut up and
shipped east and south. One hundred
and fifty million feet constitute the pres
ent annual output. A log-jam on the
Paint river is an interesting grand sight.
For miles the logs are piled up in the
greatest confusion and tunglement pos
sible, the pressure Mt times beingso great
az often 90 br ak and crush and splinter
huge solid pine logs OF three feet diameter.
Loosing these jams is dangerous work
for the drivers, n quick eye and sure foot
not always saving them. Supplies are
taken from here TO the lumber camps,
some OF which are thirty and forty miles
away. Eighteen large warehouses near
the depot belonging TO the lumber com
panies are us, d Co store the goods I'm /.
Lumber parnphernalia of all kinds is
seen all arouTd, but the best and most
lively time Tor this business tx in the
winter, while extreme life and wild con
fusion are an ound during the passing of
the log drive down stream.
The shipT ing mines at Crystal Falls
are the Great Western on section twenty
one, the Youngstown and Paint River ON
section twenty, the Shelden-Shafer ON
section thirty-one, all In 1892; the
Mastodon on section thirteen, 42-33 |;
and the Dunn ON section one, 42-}3.
The railroad track has just reached the
Dunn mine, and its first shipments are
section twenty-nine, 43-32, will ship ore
this season, Az soon as the spur track
reaches il. These mines employ about
500 men all told, but M they reach
greater development will require more.
Your correspondents whole attention
while here was devoted to the Baby"
mines. He thought they required the
most service, and that the shipping
mines could "go ii alone"
Upon reaching the hotel at $50 u. M,
after eight long, dusty hours ride ON the
cars, and changing ears twice, | met DR..
Carpenter, formerly of Ishpeming, bnt
now Of Stambaugh, who had been called
TO Crystal Falls IN consultation over the
case OF Capt. Ball (who had that day
fallen down a shaft at the Youngstown
mine, but who never again regained con-
seriousness, and died i'm the aiternoon), !,
and was introduced TO DR. kimball.
druggist, explorer, miner and doctor OF
Crystal Fails. The doctor offered his
hospitable blackboard and services for
the next days business and just here
let me say that the writer is not sure
whether the doctor owes the writer an
apology or the writer owes the doctor
thanks for the blackboard.
In the morning, along with :. ID. Hollis
ter, the veteran explorer and fathcr of
Crystal Falls, DIR. Kimball and the buck
board, n trip was commenced. Driving
east the first explorations met with were
at the Edna Iron Co., ON section twenty
seven, 1892, where series of pits show
various schists, states, sandstone, quartz
and mixed ore. This ~ the south hall of
the northwest quarter. and the north
half OF the southwest quarter OF the
section, and DIR. kimball il in charge. ;.
ID. IIollistor Is exploring ON the south
west quarter of the southeast quarter
and the southeast vuarter OF the south
west quarter of the same section, and
has similar rocks.
Going ON east, the Blaney was next
met with, Here, ON the northeast quart
er Of the southeast quarter OF section
twcnty-seven there II a shaft down 1915
feet, something of mining plant, quite
"A stoclx-pile, and a few buildings, with
good prospects for large mine as soon
~ further developments are made. East
again On the northeast quarter OF sec
tion TWEEN ty-six IL the LeePeck location.
A shaft is down here sixty feet, and vein
uncovered with drifts Tor thirty-thpe
feet i'm width. A diorite range WAS motto
ed near the Lee Peck, and the writer sug-
gcsts some exploration around ita base
Mr.. Hollister has some pits down In red
clay and chalk ON section twenty-eeven,
both Of which could bc utilized and made
valuable, NO boubt.
In the afternoon the famous buck
board was agnin brought up, and the
Kimball mine ON section itwenty-nine, a